Choi's Storm To Finish Lives Up To His Name

Talented 2YO draws the 'wows' when winning his barrier trial at Sungei Besi

- Brian Miller

Trainer Ricky Choi was the man of the moment at the trials which were run off at Sungai Besi on the morning of July 15.

Not only did the Hong Kong-born handler win the second of four hit-outs, he introduced two outstanding newcomers to the racing ranks.

They were Storm To Finish and Superb Winner.

The latter did not quite live up to his name. He did not win the trial but ran second.

But, Storm To Finish did exactly what his name suggested he could do.

After squirming his way through three front runners in Trial 2, the Anders two-year-old stormed to the lead, jealously holding on to it.

At the finish, he had beaten his stablemate Superb Winner by 1 1/4 lengths and his time for the 1,000m was not too shabby.

He did the trip in 1min 0.92sec missing out by a whisker to break the minute mark.

Formerly based in Macau, Choi had, when setting up shop at Sungai Besi, hinted that he would be bringing over some talented youngsters.